It is now accepted that the structural transition from PrPc to PrPSc is the major event leading to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Although the mechanism of this transition remains elusive, glycosylation has ...

Efforts towards the Synthesis of Fully N-Differentiated Heparin-like Glycosaminoglycans. Heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs) are complex information-carrying biopolymers and are an important component of the coagulation ...

Low-temperature fuel cells (FCs) are highly efficient and environmentally friendly energy conversion devices that have been in the spotlight of many energy research efforts in the past few decades. However, FC commercialization ...

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and organic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are organic optoelectronics offering a number of unique benefits that may play an important role in the future of clean energy generation and efficient ...

In this thesis, I demonstrate that measurements of electronic-structure-induced splittings in the rotational spectrum of a vibrationally excited state can identify the nature and extent of the distortion of the equilibrium ...

This thesis is dedicated to the application of a large-scale first-principles approach to study the electronic structure and quantum conductance of realistic nanomaterials. Three systems are studied using Landauer formalism, ...

A mechanistic understanding of electron transfer in solution will advance our understanding of many chemical processes, including heterogeneous redox catalysis and photochemistry-processes which are fundamental in energy ...